Company
TR’s work is grounded in the creation of original, experimental and intercultural works of performance. Since the company’s beginnings, we've held fast to an ethos of co-existence, and this idea still runs through everything we do. Our new works are built through highly collaborative processes, over extended working periods and foreground diverse artists. With an incredible roster of Associate and Resident Artists, as well as ongoing and new collaborators, we've built a body of work that forwards our aesthetic and conceptual interests in creating and sharing bold, contemporary performances. Our works tend to question the ways in which the performance and the audience interact. We look to answer larger questions we are asking in and of the world. As we continue to make new performances, our processes include collaborating and intersecting with artists and people who hold different perspectives, histories and identities — this is how we define our intercultural practice.
We've also designed programs that share what we do and how we do it with other artists through various opportunities for mentorship, residency, professional development and networking. We are invested in cultural exchange and international dialogue and actively seek out ways in which our work can be in conversation with the world through presentation opportunities, creative partnerships and strategic initiatives.
TR’s work has been presented at internationally recognized festivals and venues including: Festival TransAmériques (Montréal), Magnetic North Theatre Festival (Ottawa, Vancouver, Kitchener, Whitehorse), Free Fall Festival + Factory Theatre (Toronto), PuSh International Performing Arts Festival + The Cultch (Vancouver), High Performance Rodeo (Calgary), On the Boards (Seattle), Fusebox Festival (Austin, TX), Noorderzon Festival (Groningen, NL), PAZZ Performing Arts Festival (Oldenburg, Germany), Lókal + Everybody’s Spectacular Festivals (Reykjavik), A! Festival (Akureyri, Iceland), Terni Festival (Italy), Dublin Fringe Festival + Dublin Theatre Festival (Ireland), Foreign Affairs (Berlin), Soho Rep. (New York), Woolly Mammoth (Washington, DC), Portland Repertory Theatre (Portland, Oregon), Mayfest (Bristol, UK), artsdepot (London), Cambridge Junction (Cambridge, UK), FOLDA Festival (Kingston, ON), BASTARDFESTIVALEN, Meteor Festival (Norway), Melbourne Fringe Festival (Australia).
Mandate
Recognize. Magnify. Reproduce.
Theatre Replacement builds performances that react to contemporary existence.
When making this work, we recognize the accomplishments and failures of the world around us; use biographical material to magnify these events through extended collaborative processes; and reproduce the results for local, national and international audiences.
Mission
To bring together intercultural creative teams inclusive of diverse histories, lived experience and disciplines, to make new, experimental work;
To engage intercultural and intergenerational audiences and create new relationships to performance for these audiences;
To be an active part of a global network of artists, presenters and producers and share these networks with our home community through vital public programs;
To engage in purposeful and ongoing conversations around experimentalism and internationalism in the arts through activities, artist talks and writing;
To mentor artists making new, experimental and intercultural work;
To learn from the continuation of creative practices that decolonize our working rooms and processes;
To continue to learn and develop better creative access and inclusion practices for our projects and programs;
To interrogate the environmental impact of our work through content, form, materiality, process and presenting relationships;
To provide opportunities for education and professional development;
To critically reflect on our work on an ongoing basis and share what we learn with our community.
Values
artistic excellence
curiosity and intentionality
experimentation
dedication and diligence
continuous learning and critical reflection
generosity
cultural exchange and international connections
courageous engagement with and across difference